name
Meaning 1
A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
mikado
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/mɪˈkɑːdəʊ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɑːdəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: M IH0 K AA1 D OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alcona County, Michigan, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Any emperor of Japan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, literary
Examples
- The mikados of Japan are its emperors.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tenno
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pick-up sticks
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A fabric having a stiff twill weave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative letter-case form of mikado (“emperor of Japan”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 8
The steam locomotive 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
Meaning 9
the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tenno
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emperor
History
Etymology
From Japanese 御門 (mikado).
Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 天皇 (tiānhuáng) — emperor of Japan
- Chinese Mandarin: 皇帝 (huángdì) — emperor of Japan
- Chinese Mandarin: 帝 (dì) — emperor of Japan
- Danish: mikado — emperor of Japan
- Danish: japansk kejser — emperor of Japan
- Dutch: Japanse keizer — emperor of Japan
- Dutch: mikado — emperor of Japan
- Esperanto: mikado — emperor of Japan
- Finnish: Japanin keisari — emperor of Japan
- Finnish: mikado — emperor of Japan
- French: empereur japonais — emperor of Japan
- French: mikado — emperor of Japan
- German: Mikado — emperor of Japan
- Greek: μικάντο (mikánto) — emperor of Japan
- Hungarian: mikádó — emperor of Japan
- Japanese: 帝 (mikado) — emperor of Japan
- Japanese: 御門 (mikado) — emperor of Japan
- Japanese: 天皇 (tennō) — emperor of Japan
- Korean: 천황 (cheonhwang) — emperor of Japan
- Korean: 일왕 (irwang) — emperor of Japan
- Malay: mikado — emperor of Japan
- Norwegian Bokmål: mikado — emperor of Japan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mikado — emperor of Japan
- Polish: mikado — emperor of Japan
- Portuguese: micado — emperor of Japan
- Romanian: mikado — emperor of Japan
- Russian: мика́до (mikádo) — emperor of Japan
- Vietnamese: Ngự Môn — emperor of Japan
- Vietnamese: Nhật hoàng — emperor of Japan
- Danish: mikado — a game of skill
- Dutch: mikado — a game of skill
- Finnish: mikado — a game of skill
- Hebrew: דּוּקִים (dukim) — a game of skill
- Hungarian: mikádó — a game of skill
- Hungarian: marokkó — a game of skill
- Icelandic: mikadó — a game of skill
- Polish: mikado — a game of skill
- Portuguese: micado — a game of skill
- Romanian: mikado — a game of skill
- Swedish: plockepinn — a game of skill
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